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No. 550,720. Patented Dec. 3, 1895.

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OIIARLEY ALERT IIIIFFMASTER, OF SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,720, dated December3, 1895.

Application filed September 3, 1895. Serial N- 561,329. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Betknown that LCHARLEYALBERT Hurr- MASTER, a citizen of San Leandro,county of Alameda, State of California, have invented an Improvement inGates; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same. v

My invention relates to that class of gates which have wind-vaneattachments adapted to assist in the opening and closing of the gate.

My invention consists, in combination with a gate, of a wind-vaneattached to said gate and means operated by the person opening orclosing the gate for operating or adjusting the vane to present eitherits full face or its edg'e to the wind, according to the direction ofthe wind and the direction in which the gate is to be opened.

It also consists in novel details of construction and arrangement, whichI shall hereinafter fully describe and speciiieally claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a gate with a wind-vaneattachment adapted to be adjusted in such a manner that the gate may bereadily opened with the assistance of the wind and closed again in theteeth of the wind with equal facility.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my gate. Fig. 2 is a modification showing the windvane as constructedof folding slats instead of a pivoted vane, as in Fig. l.

A is the gate` hinged to the gateepost a in suitable manner and adaptedto be opened and closed by oppositely-extending cords B, connected witha segment O on the top of the gate-standard ct. This construction andthe arrangement of the cords or lines B is a common one and needs nofurther explanation other than to say that it is to be understood thatin connection with these devices, as in other gates of like character,means will be used for raising the gatedatch at the same time that thecords or lines B are pulled.

Extending rigidly from the hinged side or standard of the gate A is aframe E, in which is mounted the wind-vane- In Fig. l this vane is inthc shape of a piece D, pivoted upon horizontal axes d in the frame E,and one of said axes is provided with a pulley d',

from which cords d2 extend to the same point of reach or operation asthe ends of the gateoperating cords B. The direction of these cords d2from the pulley d/ is upwardly around pulleys c on the segment O,pulleys a2 on the gate-standard a', and down over pulleys b on the postsb in the roadway, and beside which the cords or lines B also hang.

Whem now, the rider approaches the gate and a heavy wind is blowing inhis face and he has to open the gate against the wind, he turns the vaneD broadside onto the Wind by pulling upon the cord d2, and then takingthe cord B he pulls on the gate. The wind blowing on the vane assistshim in opening the gate away from him.

Having passed the gate, then to close it he takes the cord d2 on theother side and by pulling upon it turns the vane D edgewise to the wind,and then taking the gate-operating cord B pulls upon it and the gate iseasily closed, the more so that the wind, blowing on the gate itself,assists in this operation. Thus in any way that he finds the wind he caneither turn the vane into or out of it to assist in the operation ofopening or closing the gate.

In Fig. 2 the vane is in the shape of verti cally-connected slats orshutters F, which, by means of a weight lV, are kept normally in oneposition, and by means of the same arrangement of cords heretoforedescribed can be turned to the other position., as maybe required by thecircumstances of the case.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of a gate, an adjustable wind vane connectedtherewith and adapted to assist in the opening and closing of the gate,and means within reach of the traveler and adapted to be operated byhim, for adj usting the vane broadside to the wind, or with its edge tothe wind, according to the direction thereof, and the direction. inwhich the gate is to be opened or closed.

Y 2. The combination of a gate, a frame rigidly secured thereto andextending backwardly from its hinge center, an adjustable wind vanemounted in said frame and adapted to be turned into or out of the windas may be required, and means within reach of and IOO #cords connectedwith said vane and extending to Within reach of the traveler and adaptedto turn the vane with its face or its edge to the wind as may berequired.

5. The combination of a gate, a horizontally pivoted Wind vane attachedthereto, a pulley on the axis of the wind vane and cords attached tosaid pulley, and thence extending to Within reach of the traveler 0neach side of the gate.

6. The combination of a gate, a frame rigidly connected therewith, aWind vane pivoted in said frame and cords extending to Within reach ofthe traveler and adapted to turn the Wind vane with its face or edge tothe Wind.

7. The combination of a gate having a seg* :ment upon its hingedstandard, operating cords secured to said segment and extending toSuitable guide posts beside the road on each side of the gate and Withinreach of the traveier, a frame rigidly secured to the hinged standard ofthe gate, a Wind vane pivoted in said frame, and ,cords connected Withsaid Wind vane and extending to the posts beside the road and withinreach of the traveler, for operating the Wind vane and throwing it intoand out of the Wind.

In Witness whereof l have hereunto set my hand.

@HARLEY ALBERT llUFFMAS'iEl. Vitnesses:

W. W. VANANDALE, L. SHULL.

